THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Joan Nicholson

“I think things have undergone significant changes since 1970, and I am proud of my contributions to this change.”

Freelance writer. Editor. National Organization for Women (NOW) NY Chapter. National coordinator of NOW’s task force on the image of women, 1973. Co-authored with Judith Hennessee, “Women’s Work is Never Done” for the first issue of Ms. Magazine.

Interviewed by Judy Waxman, Oral Historian, September 2025